Abstract
Fusarium spp. are key pathogens in maize seeds and seedlings. The aim of this study has been to evaluate the effects of applying fungicides to maize seeds to increase the survival of seedlings and to enhance the early vigor and grain yield of the plants. The protective effects of 2-way (fludioxonil, metalaxil-M) and four-way (fludioxonil, metalaxil-M, azoxystrobin, thiabendazole) fungicide seed treatments were compared with an F. verticillioides seed infected control in 11 field trials carried out in North Italy. A second study focused on the impact F. verticillioides and F. graminearum seed-borne infection on plant growth and on the possible advantages of applying the previously reported seed dressing. The seed dressing increased the plant density, vigor during the whole vegetative growth cycle for all the production situations, and grain yield. F. verticillioides led to a higher seedling mortality than F. graminearum, while both species reduced plant growth and delayed the flowering date. Seed-borne infection has an important impact on both the population and vigor of maize plants. The four-way fungicide enhanced both the defense of the seedlings and the vigor of F. verticillioides infected plants, which in turn resulted in a significant improvement in grain yield, compared to a conventional two-way fungicide.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Seed dressing increased maize plant density and vigor compared with an F. verticillioides infected control.
- Treatment
- seed dressinge2
- Interactor
- F. verticillioides
Fusarium verticillioidese1pathogen - Outcome
- plant density, vigore2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Comparator
- F. verticillioides seed infected controle1
- Setting
- North Italye1
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Role of the Fungicide Seed Dressing in Controlling Seed-Borne Fusarium spp. Infection and in Enhancing the Early Development and Grain Yield of Maize”
e1“The protective effects of 2-way (fludioxonil, metalaxil-M) and four-way (fludioxonil, metalaxil-M, azoxystrobin, thiabendazole) fungicide seed treatments were compared with an F. verticillioides seed infected control in 11 field trials carried out in North Italy”
e2“The seed dressing increased the plant density, vigor during the whole vegetative growth cycle for all the production situations, and grain yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed dressing increased maize grain yield compared with an F. verticillioides infected control.
- Treatment
- seed dressinge2
- Interactor
- F. verticillioidesFusarium verticillioidese1pathogen
- Outcome
- grain yielde2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Comparator
- F. verticillioides seed infected controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Role of the Fungicide Seed Dressing in Controlling Seed-Borne Fusarium spp. Infection and in Enhancing the Early Development and Grain Yield of Maize”
e1“The protective effects of 2-way (fludioxonil, metalaxil-M) and four-way (fludioxonil, metalaxil-M, azoxystrobin, thiabendazole) fungicide seed treatments were compared with an F. verticillioides seed infected control in 11 field trials carried out in North Italy”
e2“The seed dressing increased the plant density, vigor during the whole vegetative growth cycle for all the production situations, and grain yield”
Claim · model-written summary
F. verticillioides seed infection caused higher seedling mortality than F. graminearum.
- Interactor
- F. verticillioidesFusarium verticillioidese3pathogen
- Second interactor
- F. graminearum
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Fusarium graminearume3pathogen - Outcome
- seedling mortalitye3
- Direction
- highere3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“Role of the Fungicide Seed Dressing in Controlling Seed-Borne Fusarium spp. Infection and in Enhancing the Early Development and Grain Yield of Maize”
e3“F. verticillioides led to a higher seedling mortality than F. graminearum, while both species reduced plant growth and delayed the flowering date”
Claim · model-written summary
Both F. verticillioides and F. graminearum reduced maize plant growth.
- Interactor
- F. verticillioidesFusarium verticillioidese3pathogen
- Second interactor
- F. graminearumFusarium graminearume3pathogen
- Outcome
- plant growthe3
- Direction
- reducede3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Role of the Fungicide Seed Dressing in Controlling Seed-Borne Fusarium spp. Infection and in Enhancing the Early Development and Grain Yield of Maize”
e3“F. verticillioides led to a higher seedling mortality than F. graminearum, while both species reduced plant growth and delayed the flowering date”
Claim · model-written summary
Both F. verticillioides and F. graminearum delayed the maize flowering date.
- Interactor
- F. verticillioidesFusarium verticillioidese3pathogen
- Second interactor
- F. graminearumFusarium graminearume3pathogen
- Outcome
- flowering datee3
- Direction
- delayede3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Role of the Fungicide Seed Dressing in Controlling Seed-Borne Fusarium spp. Infection and in Enhancing the Early Development and Grain Yield of Maize”
e3“F. verticillioides led to a higher seedling mortality than F. graminearum, while both species reduced plant growth and delayed the flowering date”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed-borne infection has an important impact on the population and vigor of maize plants.
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Role of the Fungicide Seed Dressing in Controlling Seed-Borne Fusarium spp. Infection and in Enhancing the Early Development and Grain Yield of Maize”
e4“Seed-borne infection has an important impact on both the population and vigor of maize plants”
Claim · model-written summary
The four-way fungicide enhanced the defense of seedlings and vigor of F. verticillioides infected maize, compared with a conventional two-way fungicide.
- Treatment
- four-way fungicidee5
- Interactor
- F. verticillioidesFusarium verticillioidese5pathogen
- Outcome
- defense of the seedlings and the vigore5
- Direction
- enhancede5
- Comparator
- conventional two-way fungicidee5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Role of the Fungicide Seed Dressing in Controlling Seed-Borne Fusarium spp. Infection and in Enhancing the Early Development and Grain Yield of Maize”
e5“The four-way fungicide enhanced both the defense of the seedlings and the vigor of F. verticillioides infected plants, which in turn resulted in a significant improvement in grain yield, compared to a conventional two-way fungicide”
Claim · model-written summary
The four-way fungicide significantly improved maize grain yield compared with a conventional two-way fungicide.
- Treatment
- four-way fungicidee5
- Outcome
- grain yielde5
- Direction
- improvemente5
- Comparator
- conventional two-way fungicidee5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Role of the Fungicide Seed Dressing in Controlling Seed-Borne Fusarium spp. Infection and in Enhancing the Early Development and Grain Yield of Maize”
e5“The four-way fungicide enhanced both the defense of the seedlings and the vigor of F. verticillioides infected plants, which in turn resulted in a significant improvement in grain yield, compared to a conventional two-way fungicide”
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